Use softwords and hard arguments.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier tobe sometimes cheated than not to trust.

Teaching may contribute to certain kinds of learning under certain circumstances.

Men are cruel, but man is kind.

To understand everything is to forgive everything.

If you are standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked.

Let not thy will roar, when the power can but whisper.

Theharder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

Measurement of life should be rather proportioned to the intensity of experience than it's actual length.

No one was ever really taught by another; each of us has to teach himself.